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Taken aback by the comment, Mr Casson and his friend didn’t react – but then the manager went on.

“After what happened the other day in Manchester I thought your lot would be hiding at the Lebanese embassy.”

The incident took place just two days after 22 people lost their lives at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, with Salman Abedi – born in Manchester but of Libyan heritage – carrying out the atrocity.

Mr Casson’s friend then intervened right away, saying: “You can’t speak to people like that”.

However no apology was given.

The shopper was looking to purchase laminate flooring, but was subjected to racial abuse

The manager refused to apologise, and now Mr Casson says he will never shop at a Magnet store again

Speaking to The Sun Online, Mr Casson said: “I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.

“After the first comment, it was just awkward and we didn’t know this guy.

“But then when he said that about the embassy, given what had just happened in Manchester, it’s just not on.

“I have lived in this country all my life and I haven’t been subjected to anything like that since school.”

HOW RACIST ABUSE HAS SURGED SINCE MANCHESTER ATTACK THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF 22

Muslims in Manchester are being subjected to 500 per cent more Islamophobic hate crimes following the Ariana Grande concert bombing.

Threats, physical attacks and vandalism against Muslims in the area have surged since May 22, Greater Manchester Police have revealed.

And as well as the atrocity, carried out by ISIS-inspired Salman Abedi, the recent London terrorist attacks are thought to have created an atmosphere of hate towards the community who are wrongly blamed for the incidents.

Figures reveal that 224 reports of Islamophobic crimes and incidents have been received by cops in the four weeks following the Manchester bomb attack.

Last year there were only 37 reports of Islamophioibc crimes and incidents in the same period.

Since the incident Mr Casson has been in touch with Magnet bosses.

In a letter seen by The Sun Online, a Magnet Service Manager wrote to Mr Casson and said: “Thank you for bringing the matter to our attention.

“I would like to advise that the company is dealing with your concerns.

“We are currently carrying out a full investigation into the matter and will deal with the concerns raised as a matter of urgency.

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The Magnet store in Telford Road, Doncaster

“Any action we deem necessary will be taken internally to prevent any future occurrence of this nature.

“I would like to once again sincerely apologise for any distress or upset this incident has caused.”

But Mr Casson was left furious when a Magnet Regional Director later told him that the company is not liable to pay any compensation.

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The store said it suspended the manager immediately and have since terminated his employment

Mr Casson added: “It’s like they want to sweep it under the carpet and are just not taking it seriously.”

A spokesperson for Magnet said: “We are very sorry that Mr Casson was offended by one of our team members.

“We take such matters very seriously and, on hearing of the incident, we suspended the employee immediately and have since dismissed him from our employ.

“This all happened within two weeks of the incident.

“We have strict Code Of Conduct procedures in place, all of which were followed in this instance.

“We have apologised to Mr Casson a number of times.”

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